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Niggit's bird photographs
Topic Started: Jan 2 2016, 09:18 PM (3,947 Views)
Niggit
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We saw the New Year in in the camper van on our favourite site in Thetford Forest - we must be getting old, we were in bed by 10.30, and got grumpy at being woken up at midnight by fireworks!! However...

As usual, I put a little bird feeding station where I could see and photograph it from the van, and I was thrilled with what visited it :clap4:

I didn't expect a nuthatch on a ground feeder, but in fact we had two!!

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This little one was very timid, so Lewis did really well to get this shot. I heard its call, and I'm pretty sure it was a willow tit! :happy:

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We also had blackbirds-

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Coal tits-

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A robin, who thought the feeder was for his own personal use and spent more time defending it against all comers than he did eating-

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And this cheeky so and so!

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feedyourhedgehog
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Sarah they're wonderful photos...great sightings :cool: ......I had a look at your Willow Tit and actually wondered if it was a Marsh Tit as I could see the very pale white spot on the upper mandible by the head....but I can't be certain as I'm certainly no expert......Dave will let you know for sure :cool:
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feedyourhedgehog
Jan 2 2016, 09:44 PM
Sarah they're wonderful photos...great sightings :cool: ......I had a look at your Willow Tit and actually wondered if it was a Marsh Tit as I could see the very pale white spot on the upper mandible by the head....but I can't be certain as I'm certainly no expert......Dave will let you know for sure :cool:
Oo, OK - thankyou! I know the two species are difficult to tell apart, and it would be lovely to know exactly what it was!
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Davebutterflyman
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Excellent set of photos Sarah and great to see you posting again.

I would agree with Paula on Marsh Tit...lovely bird as well.
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Niggit
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:wave: Hi, Dave!

Thankyou for the ID - such a neat little bird!
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Night Owl
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:wb: Sarah and Lewis it's great to see you posting again :grin:

:wow: What a lovely way to start the New year in your camper in Thetford Forest :yes: you had some wonderful and captured some :greatpics:
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Lovely photo's! I especially like the Nuthatch and Robin.
What a perfect way to see in the new year :-)
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Niggit
Jan 2 2016, 09:18 PM
we must be getting old, we were in bed by 10.30, and got grumpy at being woken up at midnight by fireworks!!

Sounds like me :giggle:

Agree that's a splendid way to see in the New Year! Wonderful sightings especially the Marsh Tit :encore:
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Ooh, somebody else who has a camper van :cool2: Great photos too!
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Great to see you posting again Sarah and a lovely set of photos :clap2:
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Niggit
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:thankyou2:

Yes, Ann, we have a Swift Carrera 2 based on a VW T4 - we've had it for about 3 years now, and it's one of the best things we've ever bought! What's yours?
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Mine's a Compass Navigator, also based on a T4 which I've had for seven years. I had a high top Transit camper before that.
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Great to see you posting again Sarah, what a lovely way to see in the New Years! :)
Brilliant sightings and photos. :cool3:
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It must have been great to see in the new year in a camper van, and enjoy that wonderful wildlife.
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That's definitely the way to see wildlife....park up in almost any spot you like and use it as a mobile hide.
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Jan 4 2016, 05:44 PM
That's definitely the way to see wildlife....park up in almost any spot you like and use it as a mobile hide.
Yes, it works surprisingly well, doesn't it?

We spent this weekend visiting a relative in Southport, and went to the botanic gardens and to one of the marsh reserves.

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Rather pretty hybrid duck - they were only about two thirds the size of a mallard, but they had the loudest, shrillest quack I've ever heard!!

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With his/her brothers/sisters

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Stroppy cormorant!

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Feeding frenzy! Some of the ducks had hatched in the garden of a young couple who had walked them down to the gardens when they were old enough, and they bought grain for them every weekend.

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Just a pigeon. Rather pretty, though.

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"Form an orderly queue there - stop shoving..."

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Widgeon pair

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And a solitary curlew!
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A great selection of photos Sarah,the young Cormarant does have a very stroppy look about him and good to see the Pigeons joining in with all the Mallards.
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Night Owl
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A :great: selection of photos Sarah you captured some lovely close up shots of the Cormorant :cool2:
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Gorgeous photos Sarah... and a good variety of birds too... lovely! :cool1:


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Jan 18 2016, 10:02 PM
Sarah you captured some lovely close up shots of the Cormorant :cool2:
Yep I like those too :encore:

The pigeon is pretty :)
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